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@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +autopasswd is command line program that deterministically +generates a strong password based on your master password +and the service name your that ask it to generate a password +for. autopasswd will print the entered password with black +on black text so that it cannot be read visually. You can +also choose to make the output readable by a program. To +make sure that you did not mistype your master passphrase +a short Keccak hash of it will be echoed. + +autopasswd uses Keccak with fully configurable parameters +to generate a password and performs 300000 sponge squeezes +by default. This number can be configured like the other +Keccak parameter, but you can also specify a bump level +that modifies it. A bump level is a number to you increase +when you need to change your password for a service. +I recommend that you use correctpony to generate your +master passphrase. + +autopasswd use libpassphrase to read your passphrase from +the terminal. This is library that can be personalised at +compile time and ensures that the passphrase is not stored +in memory in any other place that its return value. This +passphrase is wipe by autopasswd from memory as soon as +possible it autopasswd makes its best to ensure that the +program cannot crash before it is wiped. + |